The president of Malawi, Bingu wa Mutharika was in a critical condition in hospital Thursday after a cardiac arrest: Malawi teetered on the edge of political crisis after President Bingu wa Mutharika, 78, was flown to South Africa for emergency medical...

Military officials in the tiny West African coastal nation known for its illegal drug trade said Friday that Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Jr. had been arrested on accusations of plotting with Angola to crush his country’s military.